TheCockSportif

Yeah, I was thinking that exactly. NE is trash this year, true, but seriously... good play is good play. It's not like we beat them 13-6 or something.

And to think that I thought he'd been talking to his therapist.

So Billy B has no QB and wants/needs to have a competitive 9+ win team. For that purpose he could get Tyrod, perhaps, and maybe some wishy washy WRs (along with an augmented D [due to COVID holdouts] and some draft picks). He's too old for trying to restock, dude. I swear to you that at some point the guy will look at the numbers and just walk away. My hope is at the end of this season, but we'll see. Belichick is at the "I'm going to throw a phone on a national broadcast" phase of his career, and I would be absolutely astounded if he has a couple more sub-par seasons where his biography plays out -- with the conclusion that he retired with clubs that went 6-10, 7-9, and 9-7. Because we all know that the dialog will be how he parted with Brady and Gronk and that he couldn't win after that. It's entirely possible that the entire NE FO will perk up and that 2 years from now they'll be contenders again, but I keep going back to the MCM in 1999 and its fallout on the Bills.

I'm confused as at some point I'd been lead to belief that Barkley should be STARTING for this team (until Allen can *cough cough* learn, of course).

Exactly. I'm not sold on him, but hey, I'm not going to crap on a great season either.

Some threads, like this one, are great when they make a comeback. Well done, OP!

Frankly, I am not sure that Ben has anything left in the tank at all. Good.

This move makes no sense. But ooookay, let the Bills bring the heat then.

And that's just it. Their swan song was last year, and now Bill B is old (he was young when he took the job) and now they have what? Maybe some players on D coming back, an organization that isn't penciled in to win the AFCE anymore, and ... ? Bill B is out of time in my estimation, I remember the 2000 season vividly when I lived outside of Boston and there was talk of starting Michael Bishop as QB, and that team was a wreck. 2001 didn't start out that great either. Your analysis of finding a QB is spot on, as we've been there as Bills' fans for so long, but why did they bother with this strategy at all going into 2020? Sure, maybe there's a next year for Bill B. Maybe. But personally I think that it's over for them.

I agree with you that nobody thought that there was a replacement for Stidham (full disclosure: I live in New England, as I have for 25 years, and media here was all wobbly about the transition moments after Brady intimated that he was going elsewhere), but they set this table last year. Actually, no. They set this table when they traded Jimmy G, didn't do anything to make O better, bumped up against the salary cap, and were forced to basically put a Band-Aid this season. And I could not be happier. That's fine, but regardless of how you want to slice it, they pooched the season. Bigly.

But they lost a year in evaluating what they had on O. The Bills did this for years and years.

Maybe the joy of 2020 has caused me to be delusional, but didn't they essentially invite Tommy to leave?

This thread didn't hold up well. Full disclosure: given what I feel will be a lengthy run this year, I was going to start a thread about what we Bills' fans got wrong in 2020. McD and the coaching staff will be at the top of my list -- regardless of the outcome of 2020 season.

Their only option was to play Stidham. It would've been cheaper, and it probably would've lead to similar results without all of the drama. And by cheaper, I mean play Stidham and bring in some talent on D. Not playing Stidham, and playing Cam full time was a recipe for failure. Cam was played out before he put on the NE unis.

Fair enough, but you did an awful lot of releasing leading up to now. 🙂

While your comment was not directed at me, in my experience as a manager/director type (player/coach) in big tech, there's a pathology behind people who can't help but let it all hang out on the internet. We didn't used to screen for this during the hiring process, but when we had employees who weren't performing (and we wondered why our hiring process was broken) we started checking our logs for who was accessing what on the internet, and there was a clear correlation between the least productive employees posting the most curious content on the internet. So we started internet stalking every candidate. Suffice it to say that it's been... interesting.

True story: I got on The Viper once, in mid 1980s, and had ridden it a few times already -- so when they asked you to check that the harness was tight around you and I was able to push mine up, I yelled and screamed at the ride operator and then the ride started. I thought I was going to die. I didn't lose my wallet or my life or anything.

Unfortunately lack of care is the problem with the internet. Just sayin'.

Most definitely. Not a cakewalk, amirite? 😉

This is the second time over the last decade that this happened. (2010 Hawks were the last including, if memory serves, a Beast Mode run for a win.) If this is what the rules say then that's what we've got to roll with for the time being. But really it should be teams per conference rather than division.

My only real surprise is that Bill Belichick thought that rolling with Cam Newton this season would be good enough.

I just rewatched the 50 yard completion to Diggs a couple of times. That pass is *sick*, and one I would never advise making against that coverage, well, assuming that they were actually watching the ball and not the receiver himself. It's been forever since I've seen a Bills team peaking. This squad is peaking, and at the right time. Regarding Miami, my thinking is the same as it was for the NE game and starters: see where you are after the first half, and adjust your substitutions as necessary.

This is exactly where I am. The last time I felt this way was in 1990.

Maybe he needed another rub down. Wow. That's just woeful.

Very, very satisfying win. Maybe both Newton and Bill Belichick will exit the league after this season. I certainly hope so. That fake punt was a surprise, and (obviously) I'm glad that it worked. It made a statement against a team that used to do cutesy stuff against its opponents all the time, including the drop kick field goal c/o of Doug Flutie, and basically put New England on notice that a whooping was about to commence. Which it did.